Two of the five men and a woman who were convicted of child sex offences a year ago, wave their hands in celebration as they pose with their lawyers at Paris courthouse after they were cleared on appeal, December 1, 2005, ending one of France’s most embarrassing judicial fiascos. The trial of a prostitution ring in Outreau, northern France, caused uproar last year when a court convicted 10 of 17 defendants even though the main accuser had withdrawn her charges against most of them.
